Re: Ball Joint Boot and bump stop.

From: Josh Battles (josh@omg-stfu.com)
Date: Thu Jul 07 2005 - 22:46:02 EDT


Woodruff, Jason P wrote:
> So what happens when you do something stupid like rip on of the rubber seals on the ball joint when pulling lower control arms off?

You buy a new ball joint. You don't want to mess with ripped boots and
stuff. Use an air hammer and shave the rivet heads off and drive them
out of the control arm. It takes about 30 minutes per joint.

> Any suggestions on how to get the rivited bump stops off the arms?

I drilled mine out.

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